McCarthy generally, as an individual, was a liberal. He was, in economic philosophy and a lot of other things, extremely liberal.

I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.

My scare value is high. My arena is controversy. My tough front is my biggest asset.

I don't want to know what the law is, I want to know who the judge is.

Go after a man's weakness, and never, ever, threaten unless you're going to follow through, because if you don't, the next time you won't be taken seriously.

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

The harmonica is the world's best-selling musical instrument. You're welcome.

A Recession is predominantly for the middle class. Where I come from the majority of people have always lived in a recession.

When I hear modern people complain of being lonely then I know what has happened. They have lost the cosmos.

Faith is acting in the face of contrary evidence. The senses declare, "It cannot be," but Faith shouts above the turmoil, "It is!"

Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on...none of you are safe.

When I would go a-visiting, I find that I go off the fashionable street,--not being inclined to change my dress,--to where man meets man, and not polished shoe meets shoe.

I'd just like to see - in writing about baseball - more energy and better craft, minus statistical bludgeoning and invective.

To choose suffering makes no sense at all; to choose God's will in the midst of our suffering makes all the sense in the world.

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

Tis but a base, ignoble mind That mounts no higher than a bird can soar.